Lately it seems like my genealogy work has been more along the lines of crafting, rather than straight research.
I thought I'd share this item I put together a few weeks ago. My goddaughter and I sat down and crafted this in just a few minutes. Well, actually, I crafted it, while she sat nearby and played on her DS (some kind of electronic toy, which she loves).
I received this item as my gift in the office holiday gift game. I think most folks were relieved they didn't get it, but I immediately fell in love with it. This kind of thing is right up my alley...easy to do, looks interesting, and surrounds me with faces of my loved ones. And since I already have a mobile hanging in my dining room (colorful penguins, which hubby gave me long before we married--he really gets me!), it was just a matter of moving some things around.
Instead of taking the totally easy way, and just clipping ten photos to it, first sorted photos according to portrait or landscape orientation. For the landscape photos, I examined them for how much I could trim off the sides and matched accordingly. Then I used my crafting tape runner to stick photos back to back, and clipped them up to the mobile. Having trimmed some of the photos, the mobile moves more freely. When the heat comes on in that room, it positively spins! Delightful!
If you are interested in purchasing one, you can get the photo clip mobile at:
http://www.guggenheimstore.org/guphclmo.html
Currently $17.95
and also:
http://www.hangingmobilegallery.com/product/KKPHOTOCLIP-MH16/Photo-Clip-Mobile.html
This one is only $10.
I also bought two of them last year, after Christmas, on sale at JC Penney. They were about $7 each. I haven't done a thing with them yet, but I will now!
I thought I'd share this item I put together a few weeks ago. My goddaughter and I sat down and crafted this in just a few minutes. Well, actually, I crafted it, while she sat nearby and played on her DS (some kind of electronic toy, which she loves).
I received this item as my gift in the office holiday gift game. I think most folks were relieved they didn't get it, but I immediately fell in love with it. This kind of thing is right up my alley...easy to do, looks interesting, and surrounds me with faces of my loved ones. And since I already have a mobile hanging in my dining room (colorful penguins, which hubby gave me long before we married--he really gets me!), it was just a matter of moving some things around.
Instead of taking the totally easy way, and just clipping ten photos to it, first sorted photos according to portrait or landscape orientation. For the landscape photos, I examined them for how much I could trim off the sides and matched accordingly. Then I used my crafting tape runner to stick photos back to back, and clipped them up to the mobile. Having trimmed some of the photos, the mobile moves more freely. When the heat comes on in that room, it positively spins! Delightful!
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| First, lay out photos to match direction, and match those that can be trimmed on the sides. |
If you are interested in purchasing one, you can get the photo clip mobile at:
http://www.guggenheimstore.org/guphclmo.html
Currently $17.95
and also:
http://www.hangingmobilegallery.com/product/KKPHOTOCLIP-MH16/Photo-Clip-Mobile.html
This one is only $10.
I also bought two of them last year, after Christmas, on sale at JC Penney. They were about $7 each. I haven't done a thing with them yet, but I will now!
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